I Never Thought I’d Worry About This

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  @spencerbell8386 · 3 months ago

  To me it's not even just about UB -- it's about the soulless-ness of it all. It all just feels so corporate now, like a subscription service. The in-house art style being so derivative. The card design getting more complex and less elegant. The here-today-gone-tomorrow cadence of sets. There just isn't any integrity or authenticity. UB just exacerbates this imo.

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  @anthonychang2728 · 3 months ago

  i mean we can discuss this forever, but when money is the most important driving force, having the best designers wont mean shit.

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  @PhoenixVictoria · 3 months ago

  One thing I think the 3 set block did very well was storytelling.  The first set typically introduces (or reintroduces) the world and the central conflict.  The second set escalates the conflict.  Then the 3rd set resolves the conflict.

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  @MadAtreides1 · 3 months ago

  Like World of Warcraft killing World of Warcraft, MtG will eventually kill MtG

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• NU

  @NurgleHags · 3 months ago

  Nothing can kill Magic faster than WOTC themselves

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• GE

  @geraldjacobs7824 · 3 months ago

  Pre-modern demonstrates that the existing card pool is more than large enough already to sustain itself nearly indefinitely

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  @asheGasull · 3 months ago

  genuinely crushed by the direction magic has taken, god it feels like im such a loser for saying this but i have already begun grieving magic to a point where i've cried about it

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• NA

  @namelessfire · 3 months ago

  “Magic is dying.”<br>“It made a ton of money last year.”<br>“Well yeah, strip mining is very profitable.”

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• SW

  @Swoodivarius · 3 months ago

  Ive been playing magic for over a decade. This is the first time ive really lost interest in the game. I have so little excitement for new sets already and seeing more and more UB kills my enthusiasm even more. <br>My main format is legacy which i hoped woule be untouched, but now we have the fantasticar running rampant. I cant take the game seriously when theres a thanos copter -level joke card kicking my ass. Its actually such a bummer

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  @clintonschloss3718 · 3 months ago

  I have been playing since the early 2000s and Magic definitely lost me around 2020. I hated the fake digital arena cards, the universes beyond cards felt wrong, and the 250 dollar fake packs with proxy power 9 was the last straw. I only keep up with magic for my cubes now and the occasional drafting, but that&apos;s about it.

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• ZE

  @Zerophimable · 3 months ago

  It’s notable that, the collector focused model works better for Pokemon because Pokemon is already highly collectible without the need for an external IP, and collectors do not care about the quality of a card in game. They just care whether or not it’s their favorite mon, and how pretty the card is. Their purchases put downward pressure on the cost of cards for players, as there is no advantage to playing with one version of the card vs another. So while the SIR Mega Greninja EX might be very expensive, the regular version is a few dollars because collectors have bought so much product in search of the Chase cards. This doesn’t work for Magic as much because the game itself is the primary selling point, and the IP is secondary.

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  @UnavailableUser96 · 3 months ago

  EDH supplanting standard as the premier format has done irrevocable damage to the card design space.

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